Window-guard



(No Model.)

v B. SGHMITT.

WINDOW GUARD. No. 276,082. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR w Emmi fiwmm BY %J5Z ATTORNEYS NITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

BERTHA SOHMITT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 276,082, dated April17, 1883.

Application filed February 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERIHA SOHMITT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inWindow-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a window-guard constructed of two or morewires, the ends of which are bent at right angles and twisted togetherto form shanks adapted to engage with eyebolts, staples, or otherequivalent devices secured in the outside of a window-frame, while themiddle portions of the said wires are curved outward in differentplanes, so as to protect a person engaged in cleaning the outer surfaceof a window from fallin g.

In theaccompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of mywindowguard as applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a similar View of aportion of the same on a larger scale than the previous figure.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates my window-guard, which isconstructed of two or more metallic rods or wires, two such rods beingshown in the example represented by the drawings. The ends of said wiresare bent at right angles and twisted together so as to form shanks a a,while the middle portions, 1) b, of the wires are bent outward indifferent planes, as shown. The shanks a a are intended to engage withstaples or eyebolts c a, secured in the outside of the window-frame.These staples may be placed at any desired elevation from thewindow-sill, and several sets of staples may be secured-one above theother-in each window-frame, so that the guard can be adjusted at therequired elevation.

The principal advantages of my window- 40 guard are the following:

First, it can be manufactured with comparatively little trouble, and itcan therefore be sold at a very low price as compared with other devicesfor the same purpose.

Second, it can be readily removed from one window and adjusted inanother one, so that one and the same window-guard will serve for allthe windows in abuilding unless such. windows differ considerably insize.

Third, it can be used for windows of different size, provided thedifference is not more than one or two inches, since the wires composingmy window-guurd can be readily bent in either direction.

Fourth, it forms a good protection for a person engaged in cleaning theoutside of a window.

I do not claim broadly as my invention an adjustable and removablewindow-guard,such.

having been made heretofore.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A window-guard composed of two or more wires, the ends of which are bentat right angles and twisted together to form shanks a a, while themiddle portions of said wires are curved outward in different planes,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERTHA SOHMITT. [L. s]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, CHAS. WAHLERS.

